The official website for the Laid-Back Camp television anime, based on Afro‘s manga, unveiled the main trailer and main visual for Season 4 on Friday. The materials confirm an April 2027 premiere and give fans a first listen to the season’s theme songs.

Theme Songs

The trailer features Asaka‘s opening theme “Brand New.”, Eri Sasaki‘s ending theme “Happa no Tegami” (Leaf Letter), and “Tonari ni Ireba” by the band Kiminone, which serves as the overall series theme.

Staff

Shin Tosaka returns from Season 3 as director, this time at FuRyu Pictures, replacing 8-Bit. Pierre Sugiura (also credited as Masafumi Sugiura) is back as series script supervisor. Ryūta Ura — a key animator on Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train and the Fate/stay night: Heaven’s Feel trilogy — joins as the new character designer, succeeding Hisanori Hashimoto. Akiyuki Tateyama returns as composer and Takeshi Takadera returns as sound director.

Additional staff announced on the website:

• Cooking Design: Kōichi Motomura
• Prop Design: Masateru Inada
• Color Key Artist: Nanako Okazaki
• Art Director: Masatoshi Muto
• Background Art: Studio Jack
• Compositing Director of Photography: Yūta Katayama
• CG Director: Kazuto Furuya
• Offline Editing: Akinori Mishima (Mishima Editing Room)
• Music Production: MFIVE
• Sound Production: HALF H·P STUDIO
• Animation Producer: Sōta Machiguchi

Returning Cast

• Yumiri Hanamori as Nadeshiko Kagamihara
• Nao Tōyama as Rin Shima
• Sayuri Hara as Chiaki Ōgaki
• Aki Toyosaki as Aoi Inuyama
• Rie Takahashi as Ena Saitō
• Tomoyo Kurosawa as Ayano Toki
• Maria Sashide as Ema Mizunami
• Kokoa Amano as Mei Nakatsugawa
• Akio Ōtsuka as Narrator

Series History

The anime’s first season premiered in January 2018 with 12 episodes, followed by Season 2 in January 2021. An anime film opened in Japan in July 2022, with Crunchyroll streaming it from November 2022. A live-action TV adaptation has been airing since January 2019.

The franchise has also expanded into games, including Yurucamp Have a Nice Day! for PS4 and Nintendo Switch (November 2022), two VR titles — Laid-Back Camp – Virtual – Lake Motosu (March 2021) and Laid-Back Camp – Virtual – Fumoto Campsite (April 2022) — the smartphone title Laid-Back Camp All-in-one!! (June 2023), and the puzzle game Yurukyan△ ~Puzzle Camp~ (July 2024).

Afro launched the original manga in Houbunsha’s Manga Time Kirara Forward in 2015, later moving it to the Comic Fuz website in 2019. Yen Press has published the English edition since March 2018.